About The BookBuild applications with Microsoft Visual C# 2012 and Visual Studio® 2012—one step at a time.Teach yourself how to build applications with Microsoft Visual C# 2012 and Visual Studio® 2012—one step at a time. Ideal for those with fundamental programming skills, this tutorial provides practical, learn-by-doing exercises for mastering core C# language features and creating working applications and components for Windows®.

Discover how to:

Work with variables, non-reserved identifiers, statements, operators, and methods

Use the new application models provided by Windows 8 and the Windows Runtime

Create interfaces and define abstract classes

Manage errors and exception handling

Use collection classes

Work with databases by using DataBinding with the Entity Framework

Respond to user input and gestures; gather input from devices and other sources

About John SharpJohn Sharp is the author of Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation Step by Step and Microsoft Visual C# 2010 Step by Step. An expert on developing applications with the Microsoft .NET Framework and interoperability issues, John has produced numerous tutorials, white papers, and presentations on distributed systems, web services, and the C# language.

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